Animal trap



May 31, 1927.

S. MORELLI ANIMAL TRAP Filed Dec. 24, 1926' Patented May 31, 1927.

SAM MORE LI, oneasron, OREGON.

Y Y ANIMAL, Tana Application fiieanece b r zeigae. seri ivb.156374;" i iThe invention relatesto animal traps, and

has for its object to provide a flde'vi'ce'of this character comprisinga casing disposedon an incline and having an entrance pas-I sage in oneside thereof, and. a gravity-pro pelled discfclosurewithin the casingandreleased bythe animals after enteringth'e v chambernof the. casing,andwhich closure rolls vby.gravityftov aoposition where it willform aclosure for the entrance passagei 'f f A further ODJGCtUIS tO provideone side of thecasing with spaced walls between which the disc shapedclosure is disposed, and which walls guide the disc closure 'as' 1trolls to. a position adjacent the entrance passagel Also to 'p'rovidea,bait carrying pin. extending. loosely through, an{ aperture I in theinn-er iwall -and intoa -recess' n one side of the discand forming meansfor'normally holding the disc in 'op'en position, and

, for releasingthedisc when the animal nibbles the bait; ,7

A further object isflto provide the I under side of the casing with'anauxiliary chamber separated, from the. main chamber bya screen and inwhich auxiliary chamber bait maybe placed, thereby providing means for Ia permanentbait for the trap.

I A further. object is to provide all of the vertically disposed wallswith transversely disposed registering apertures, which apertures admitlight to the bait compartment,

and at thesame time allow an animal on the outside of the trap to smellthe bait and easily locate the same.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter. set

forth, shown in the drawing,rdescribed*andclaimed, it being understoodthat changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be madewithin the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spiritFigure t is atransverse sectional view taken on line H of'Figure 1,

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the side walls of thetrap, 2

the trap.

the inclined bottomf and 3 thefendwalls It will be noted thatcthe trapbody asfa whole is oblong shaped and inclinesupwa'r'dly from its lowereiid,.and has itsihigh {end supportechby,the ground engaging memberDisposed within the trap body in spaced l fe ltltloli tof onejoff thewalls 1- a vertically CliSPoSd wall forms with thewall--1and.inclinedibottomx2 an inclined guide" way 6 downf'fwliichl the discshaped closure? moves, and 1s gravitation-- allypropelled to the dottedline'position rr shown in Figure l where it. will form a closure for-thelreg sterln'g entrance openings 8 in the wallsll and 5.' The'dise 7 F1gure's 1 and 2 hymeans ofja pin 9, whiCll' pin extends through an Ienlarged; aperture 10 in the wall 5, and loosely into a recess 11 in theinner side. ofthedi'sc 7,.therefore is normally heldin the positionsshoivnI il-i I f I 1 I it will beseen that when the animalnibbles atthe. bait 1 2',,'carried"by the pin '9, said i pin will be. easily Vdislodgedfthereby r eleasf ing the disc closure 7,- and allowing saiddisc closure. to bev gravitationally; propelled "down the I inclined.guide 6to ,fclosed, position I as shown in Figure "1, and intoengagement with the lower end wit-113, which'will limit. the movement ofthe disc closure and-trap 13 of the trap. c i 1 I falls 1 and 5areprovided with registerthe rat or other animal within the chamber ingapertures 14 which admit light tothe chamber 18, allowing the animal toeasily locate the baiton-the pin 9, and at the same time said aperturesallow the animal to easily smellthe bait when outside the trap, and toseek the entrance 7 Extending downwardly from thelbottom passage Sandenter ofthe body of the trapis an auxiliary casing 15, in the chamber 16of which bait may be placed, and thebait can be'located by 100 jacentthe pin 9, as the screen 17 is provide the. animal for attracting him'toapointi'aded. A permanent bait may be placed in'the chamber 16 ifdesired and access may be had to the chamber 16'by removing 'the slideclosure 18', and if desired the bait '12 may be eliminated, and theclosure may be released by thefanimal cominginto engagement with t-rapis'provided with a hinged closure 19 hingedly mounted at 20, and whichclosure 1 is heldin closed position bya conventional the pin in itseffort. to get tothe bait within the chamber-16'. The upper side of thei 01111 of closurefastener 21, and" when it'vis desired torernove theanimal "from the trap,

theclosure 19 is opened.

" From the above it wlllbeseen-tliat an animal trap isifpro vided whichis simple in construction, and provided with a gravitationallypropelled" closure, which closure is released by the animal when atafremote position in relation to the entrance,thereby V insuring theentranceof the animal into the trap and toa position remote to theentrance; consequently insuring the trapping of the animal.

is simple in construction," the parts reduced to aminimum, and tlieuseoffsprings, which soon lose the1rtens1on,-are GlIIIIIIIQIJGdQ V .Theinvention having been setforthwhat p gravity propelledroundfdisc'closureltor l is .claimed as new-and useful is:-

sage in one of; the sidewalls ,adjacentthe 1. A'tr'ap comprising a casng walls, an 1ncl1nedbot-tom, anjentrance paslower end of the inclinedbottom, an in- ,clined track wayadjacentthe entrance 'pasf sage side ofthe casing, and/a gravitationally propelled round disc 'closure'mounted"on said, trackwayandforming means for closing the trap after "an animalentersthef same. a 7 I ZQAtrap compr sing a cas1ng,"s1de walls,

end walls, an inclined bottom, a gravitatiom' ally propelled roundclosure mounted on said bottom and jforming a closure foran entrancepassage, means for holding said 7 round closure in open position, saidmeans "35 releasingsaid closure;

also forming animal controlled means for ItwillTalso'beseen that thetrap" having side sage.

comprising a casing ha'vin'g an entrance passage, side walls carried bysaid casing, an

inclined bottom, I of a "spaced 'wall extend-Q ing upwardly from saidbottorn adjacent V a one'of theside walls, and through whichVtheentrance passage extends, a rounddisc v closure mounted between saidspaced wall and adjacent side wall and adaptedto be gravitationallypropelled to a position be 3.1The combination? with an animal trap istween the'entrance passages, means for mainrecessin the adj t Side ofthe disc.

"t'aining closure in open position, said ,meanscompnsuiga pin extendingthrough p an aperture 111 one ofthe walls and into,

, l L-Af trap comprisingacasing hayingfan' inclined bottom and an'entrancepa'ssage a i 5 said Ipassage, means for holding aid 1 disc 7closure in open, pos1t1on;at a pOIIlt" remote tothe entrance passage andanimal 'cont rolz releaslng means remote to the entrancefpas} c A traplcomprl sing a cas ng hav ng an 0- entrance passage, an animalcontrolled grave itation'ally propelled round closure for saidseparating the chamber thereof from the passage, an inclinedbottomcarried by said I'- casing, anaujnllary casing eXt end1n'g,downyvardly fromthe inclined bottom, a screen 05 inemberfcar-riedby'the auxiliary casing and main-"casing, and a closur'e'ffor the "underside of the auxiliary casing In testimonywhereof I hereuntoiaflii:

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